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Hardware => Drivers => Topic started by: xx521xx on May 04, 2007, 08:52:05 PM

Title: Is there any way to fix this firmware?
Post by: xx521xx on May 04, 2007, 08:52:05 PM
Hi,

I recently bought my first CD burner. It's a Sony Spessa USB Plus CRX100E/X2 drive. I found out that it can't quite burn an entire 80 min/700MB disk, but that there is supposedly a firmware update that fixes it. I downloaded a firmware update program from Sony's website (found here (http://sony.storagesupport.com/legalagreement.zulu?dlid=cdrw/downloads/Crx100e-x2/Upgrades-Drivers/OnFlashv10601.ZIP)), and flashed the drive with the default firmware file (CDRW0008.BIN), but it didn't seem to do anything except change the driver to an EEPROM driver. I switched back to the original driver, and it was as if I had never done anything...

The firmware program came with another BIN file, ZERO.BIN, so I tried flashing that. I guess that was a mistake, because now the drive doesn't work at all - it's recognized as a "non-specific QT processor with JG". I tried changing the driver back to the original again, but this time Windows won't use it. It just says that there are no compatible drivers for the device. I tried to flash the firmware with the program from Sony again, but now it doesn't recognize the drive as being compatible, so it won't flash it.

I was hoping to get some support from Sony, but they informed me that I would have to pay more than I paid for the drive in the first place to get support. ::) So, I hope someone here might have an idea of how I can fix it. :(
Title: Re: Is there any way to fix this firmware?
Post by: GX1_Man on May 04, 2007, 09:17:11 PM
That is why the smarter people here do NOT recommend firmware or BIOS updates lightly. You can end up with a doorstop and no recourse. If the product is still under warranty and doesn't do what is advertised, take it back for a return or replacement with something that does.
Title: Re: Is there any way to fix this firmware?
Post by: xx521xx on May 04, 2007, 09:50:38 PM
Yeah, I should've known better than to flash some random file to the firmware... I've heard about the dangers of firmware flashing before, I just didn't listen. ::)

Well, thanks for replying.
Title: Re: Is there any way to fix this firmware?
Post by: Raptor on May 05, 2007, 06:59:18 AM
Just return the drive and tell the people it 'stopped working all of a sudden'
Title: Re: Is there any way to fix this firmware?
Post by: xx521xx on May 05, 2007, 04:15:17 PM
I don't think that would work very well since I bought it on eBay, and left positive feedback a few days before I broke it. :P

Actually, I was able to salvage the drive.  I noticed that the drive was just an IDE drive in an enclosure, and the firmware I was flashing was the firmware for the enclosure, so I took it apart and installed the drive internally. :)